CLINIC SESSION 7

SUNDAY 17 JULY at 9.00am

7BA: Teaching Percussion for the Non-Percussionist Teacher
Bruce Pearson (Kjos)
Band directors are often required to teach all of the band instruments. Oftentimes the band director recognizes a need to improve his or her teaching skills in the teaching of percussion instruments to their students. This “hands-on” clinic is designed to meet that need. Clinic participants are required to provide their own drumsticks.

7ST: How to run a great string program
Open forum discussion. Facilitator, Lesley Qualtrough, President, AUSTAVic
What works, what doesn’t? Share information with other string teachers. Be inspired. Tips and new ideas on practicalities, retention, advocacy, repertoire, upper and lower string differences, and anything else you can think of! Bring along your questions and ideas. Non-string teachers in charge of programs will also find this session useful.

7CH: BUILDING AURAL AND READING SKILLS IN YOUR CHOIR
Claire Preston (KMEIA)
Do you teach each new song from scratch? Do you teach the parts by rote? Would you like your choir to read better? Would you like your choir to sing more in tune? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions - then this session is for YOU!

7CO: SOUNDS GREAT – BUT EVEN BETTER WHEN THEY’RE YOUR SOUNDS! IMPROVISATION FOR BEGINNERS.
Ros McMillan
Many students would like to improvise but have no idea how to begin. Even advanced performers often quail at the thought of playing anything not notated, thus, denying themselves one of the best ways of enhancing technique, expressiveness and aural skills as well as helping to develop an understanding of musical style.

7SE/PR: How To Put On a Musical Without Having a Breakdown
Stuart Hendricks and Sue Arney (Hal Leonard)
Top ten tips for choosing, organizing, scheduling, resourcing and producing your school musical with a minimum of fuss and maximum impact! Plus resources to halve the workload! Primary and secondary.

7MT: Using ICT to teach Secondary Music
Michael White (Melbourne High School)
A demonstration of some key strategies to achieve exemplary performances from your students, and how these will be applied to serve as a powerful method by which students can focus their study. Learn ways to utilise social networking sites, to build an inter-school network.

Clinic Streams
Clinics have been organised into the following streams:

BA Band
ST StringS
CH Choral
CO CONTEMPORARY
SE Secondary
PR Primary
MT TECHNOLOGY

Clinics will have a duration of 60 minutes. The content of each clinic will focus on but not be restricted to the stream heading.

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